List of Chief Ministers of Manipur

Chief Minister of Manipur
Incumbent Okram Ibobi Singh since 2 March 2002
Appointer	Governor of Manipur
Inaugural holder	Mairembam Koireng Singh
Formation	1 July 1963

The Chief Minister of Manipur is the chief executive of the northeast Indian state of Manipur. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Since 1963, eleven people have served as Chief Minister of Manipur. Five of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholder Mairembam Koireng Singh and the current incumbent Okram Ibobi Singh, in office since 2 March 2002.

List

No[lower-alpha 1]	Name	Term of office		Party[lower-alpha 2]		Days in office
1	Mairembam Koireng Singh	1 July 1963	11 January 1967	Indian National Congress		3 years, 194 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	12 January 1967	19 March 1967	N/A		66 days
(1)	Mairembam Koireng Singh	20 March 1967	4 October 1967	Indian National Congress		198 days
2	Longjam Thambou Singh	13 October 1967	24 October 1967	Manipur United Front		11 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	25 October 1967	18 February 1968	N/A		116 days
(1)	Mairembam Koireng Singh	19 February 1968	16 October 1969	Indian National Congress		1 year, 239 days [Total 2097 Days]
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	17 October 1969	22 March 1972	N/A		2 years, 157 days
3	Mohammed Alimuddin	23 March 1972	27 March 1973	Manipur Peoples Party		1 year, 4 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	28 March 1973	3 March 1974	N/A		340 days
(3)	Mohammed Alimuddin	4 March 1974	9 July 1974	Manipur Peoples Party		127 days
4	Yangmasho Shaiza	10 July 1974	5 December 1974	Manipur Hills Union		148 days
5	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	6 December 1974	15 May 1977	Indian National Congress		2 years, 160 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	16 May 1977	28 June 1977	N/A		43 days
(4)	Yangmasho Shaiza	29 June 1977	13 November 1979	Janata Party		2 years, 137 days [Total 1018 Days]
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	14 November 1979	13 January 1980	N/A		60 days
(5)	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	14 January 1980	26 November 1980	Indian National Congress		317 days
6	Rishang Keishing	27 November 1980	27 February 1981			92 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	28 February 1981	18 June 1981	N/A		110 days
(6)	Rishang Keishing	19 June 1981	3 March 1988	Indian National Congress (I)		6 years, 258 days
7	Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh	4 March 1988	22 February 1990			1 year, 355 days
8	Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh	23 February 1990	6 January 1992	Manipur Peoples Party		1 year, 317 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	7 January 1992	7 April 1992	N/A		91 days
(5)	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	8 April 1992	10 April 1993	Indian National Congress		1 year, 2 days [Total 1577 Days]
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	31 December 1993	13 December 1994	N/A		347 days
(6)	Rishang Keishing	14 December 1994	15 December 1997	Indian National Congress		3 years, 1 day [Total 3491 Days]
9	Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh	16 December 1997	14 February 2001	Manipur State Congress Party		3 years, 60 days
10	Radhabinod Koijam	15 February 2001	1 June 2001	Samata Party		106 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	2 June 2001	6 March 2002	N/A		277 days
11	Okram Ibobi Singh	7 March 2002	1 March 2007	Indian National Congress		13 years, 355 days
		2 March 2007	13 March 2012
		14 March 2012	present

Notes

Footnotes

1. A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Manipur as well.
2. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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